Mexico Seeks to Detain Notorious Drug Lord

Rafael Caro Quintero Was Serving a 40-Year Sentence for Murdering a U.S. Agent

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José de Córdoba

Aug. 14, 2013 8:39 p.m. ET

MEXICO CITY—A Mexican judge issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for a notorious drug lord whose release by court order from a Mexican prison where he was serving a 40-year sentence for the murder of a U.S. drug agent brought heated protests from Washington.

Mexico's Attorney General Office said a judge had issued a provisional arrest warrant for Rafael Caro Quintero, who had been in prison for 28 years for the torture-murder of Drug...